29 de Setembro

"Love will not be constrained by mastery;

when mastery comes, the God of love at once

beats his wings, and farewell, he is gone.

Love is a thing as free as any spirit..."

Geoffrey Chaucer

Venus and Cupid, c. 1742

François Boucher

Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

27 de Julho

"The Louvre is the book

in which we learn to read"

Paul Cézanne

The Rape of Europe, 1747

François Boucher

Musée du Louvre, Paris

20 de Julho

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not

enhanced, and the inconvenience is often

considerable"

Jane Austen

The Surprised Bather, 1736

François Boucher

Archangelsk Museum